وقل هو الله أحد...

وقل هو الله أحد، وقل أعوذ برب الفلق وقل أعوذ برب الناس ” وافتتح قراءتك ببسم الله الرحمن الرحيم He -saww said: ‘So read these five Chapters: Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al Kafiroun), and: When Help of Allah comes and the victory [110:1] (Surah Al Nasr), and: Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al Tawheed), and: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of Al-Falaq [113:1] (Surah Al-Falaq), and: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of the people [114:1] (Surah Al Naas), and begin your recitation with ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj , the Beneficent, the Merciful’’.

قال جبير: وكنت غير كثير المال، وكنت اخرج مع من شاء الله ان اخرج فأكون اكثرهم همة واقلهم زادا حتى ارجع من سفري ذلك Jubeyr said, ‘I was a man with not much wealth, and I had gone out with the ones who Allah -azwj so Desire me to go out with (on a journey). But, I became of more endeavour than them even though I had fewer provisions, until I returned from that journey of mine’.

[11] VERSE 1 قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ {1} Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Rab (Lord) of Al-Falaq (the most severe pit of Hell) [113:1] In most translations of 113:1, ‘الْفَلَقِ’ is translated as the dawn (the daybreak), which is completely out of context as we will find in Ahadith.

Al-Falaq ‘ الْفَلَقِ ’’ – A pit in the 7th Level of Hell (lowest) وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: «وَ إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ» وُقُوفُهُمْ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ، وَ أَمَّا «لَها سَبْعَةُ أَبْوابٍ لِكُلِّ بابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ» فَبَلَغَنِي وَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهَا سَبْعَ دَرَجَاتٍ And in a report of Abu Al Jaroud, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws (having said) regarding His -azwj Words: ‘ And surely Hell is Promised to them altogether [15:43] , they would be paused upon the Path (bridge).

And as for: For it there are seven doors, each door being for an Assigned segment of them [15:44] , so it has reached me -asws , and Allah -azwj is more Knowing, that Allah -azwj Made it (Hell) to be of seven levels – أَعْلَاهَا الْجَحِيمُ، يَقُومُ أَهْلُهَا عَلَى الصَّفَا مِنْهَا، تُغْلَى أَدْمِغَتُهُمْ فِيهَا كَغَلْيِ الْقُدُورِ بِمَا فِيهَا Its top (level) is Al-Jaheem. Its people would be paused upon a hill from it.

Their brains would boil therein like the boiling of the pots and whatever is in it.

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